West Virginia 1956 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the West Virginia 1956 presidential election with 449,297 votes (54.1%), a margin of R+8.2. West Virginia's 4 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

45.9%

54.1%

381,534

Democratic Candidate (45.9%)

449,297

Republican Candidate (54.1%)

Total Votes: 830,831|Margin: R+8.2

County Results

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County Results (55 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Fayette County	D+22.9	D+37.4	D+22.5	26,504	R+18.8%
McDowell County	D+20.5	D+42.7	D+33.1	28,003	R+19.2%
Logan County	D+16.6	D+40.6	D+25.7	25,382	R+19.1%
Boone County	D+15.7	D+27.9	D+20.9	12,322	R+17.7%
Mingo County	D+11.7	D+42.3	D+32.7	17,930	R+18.8%
Webster County	D+11.1	D+33.1	D+20.1	5,529	R+14.5%
Brooke County	D+8.7	D+15.3	D+15.8	13,016	R+11.2%
Braxton County	D+6.4	D+21.7	D+7.2	7,354	R+5.1%
Gilmer County	D+6.4	D+11.5	R+13.3	3,790	R+5.3%
Hancock County	D+4.2	D+13.2	D+8.6	18,274	R+15.7%
Randolph County	D+2.2	D+14.3	R+11.5	11,145	R+10.0%
Summers County	D+2.0	D+11.4	R+5.4	7,577	R+10.1%
Hardy County	D+1.3	R+6.2	R+28.3	4,461	R+7.1%
Pendleton County	D+1.0	D+1.3	R+16.6	3,958	R+2.4%
Wyoming County	D+0.5	D+18.1	D+2.8	14,162	R+18.6%
Marion County	D+0.2	D+12.2	D+2.7	32,304	R+13.8%
Lincoln County	D+0.2	D+13.8	D+10.7	9,926	R+3.0%
Raleigh County	R+0.2	D+21.6	R+0.4	32,582	R+23.9%
Jefferson County	R+0.4	D+2.3	R+16.5	6,733	R+13.0%
Clay County	R+3.5	D+19.5	D+11.9	5,448	R+8.8%
Nicholas County	R+3.8	D+14.5	R+0.7	10,143	R+16.1%
Calhoun County	R+4.1	D+3.2	R+8.9	4,022	R+5.0%
Tucker County	R+4.4	D+1.7	R+11.8	4,455	R+11.5%
Wayne County	R+4.8	D+6.9	R+2.5	16,084	R+15.1%
Mercer County	R+5.1	R+1.9	R+20.5	27,884	R+12.9%
Greenbrier County	R+6.0	D+6.5	R+13.4	14,501	R+10.6%
Hampshire County	R+6.4	R+6.4	R+31.7	5,032	R+11.1%
Pocahontas County	R+7.4	D+3.7	R+13.1	5,470	R+5.6%
Kanawha County	R+7.6	D+0.2	R+15.3	108,886	R+5.5%
Putnam County	R+7.8	R+7.8	R+27.8	10,314	R+6.4%
Barbour County	R+9.2	D+2.0	R+11.0	8,167	R+9.1%
Wirt County	R+9.9	R+5.1	R+25.1	2,628	D+6.9%
Harrison County	R+11.0	D+13.2	R+12.9	39,401	R+9.4%
Monroe County	R+12.0	R+2.0	R+21.5	6,301	R+2.6%
Monongalia County	R+12.1	D+3.3	R+6.1	25,062	R+12.2%
Wetzel County	R+13.8	D+5.6	R+13.1	8,833	R+12.6%
Pleasants County	R+15.1	R+10.4	R+21.4	3,725	R+7.5%
Marshall County	R+15.6	D+3.6	R+4.0	17,686	R+12.4%
Roane County	R+19.7	R+12.1	R+20.6	7,854	R+4.2%
Taylor County	R+21.3	D+3.2	R+18.5	7,822	R+9.9%
Cabell County	R+22.1	R+4.4	R+16.8	47,290	R+11.5%
Wood County	R+22.6	R+18.2	R+37.1	34,416	R+5.7%
Berkeley County	R+23.2	R+18.2	R+35.1	14,720	R+16.4%
Mason County	R+25.2	R+2.9	R+7.6	10,075	R+2.2%
Ohio County	R+25.4	R+1.8	R+13.9	35,356	R+14.5%
Mineral County	R+28.2	R+12.9	R+31.1	10,000	R+17.9%
Jackson County	R+31.5	R+18.2	R+26.3	7,580	R+1.3%
Lewis County	R+32.0	R+3.8	R+32.4	9,397	R+0.8%
Preston County	R+40.5	R+14.1	R+26.3	11,318	R+9.9%
Morgan County	R+45.5	R+26.8	R+40.8	4,050	R+3.9%
Upshur County	R+46.6	R+23.3	R+41.1	7,788	R+1.2%
Doddridge County	R+47.0	R+27.7	R+47.2	3,529	R+2.0%
Tyler County	R+47.2	R+28.0	R+38.8	4,989	R+8.0%
Ritchie County	R+47.6	R+34.8	R+46.1	5,611	R+4.0%
Grant County	R+68.6	R+52.5	R+63.4	4,042	R+2.7%

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County Results (55 counties)

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